Distinctive Educational Policy
EDUCATION BASED ON “EMPATHY FOR ALL HUMANITY”
Whatever area of study one may pursue, the foundation of life and learning is cherishing human relationships and treating kind consideration of everyone as of the utmost importance. In the firm belief in this fundamental truth and in order to reassess scholarship and skill acquisition, which suffer from a tendency to devalue the human factor, from a human perspective, this institution invests its efforts in education which imbues students with a broad orientation and rich human character. With understanding of and empathy with the standpoints of others, we take as our motto respect for each and every person, whoever they may be, as unique and irreplaceable.
SPECIALIST DEVELOPING THE FUTURE
This institution focuses all of its efforts on seeking to discover the unique aptitudes of each student, evoking their individuality, and developing them to the full. To achieve these goals we particularly emphasize the process of human interaction between students and teachers as well as setting up distinctive courses and seminars. We tirelessly seek to create the environment necessary for "the discovery and cultivation of individuality". We support student’s quest for their own path to personal fulfillment.
THE DISCOVERY AND CULTIVATION OF INDIVIDUALITY
Contemporary society, in the process of ever more complex diversification, is always seeking talented human resources in every field. In response to society's demands, this institution is training talented specialists imbued with a strong sense of professionalism who also have a wide perspective, which is open to other areas and groups.
The Distinctive Features of Education at this Institution Bunkyo University seeks to fulfill each student's educational goals.
Bunkyo University consists of five faculties.
In the thirty some years since it’s founding, emphasizing the connection between human-centered society and the university, always seeking fresh perspectives on the university's role, Bunkyo University has established precedent-setting new faculties.
Among private universities Bunkyo University was the first to establish a Faculty of Education dedicated to teacher-training, a Faculty of Human Sciences devoted to the study of the human organism in all of its complexity, and a Faculty of Information and Communications committed to the training of specialists capable of giving direction to IT society.
In addition, Bunkyo University has established a Faculty of Language and Literature, which is not limited to the study of literary works but also cultivates a unique perspective on the field of language and culture, and a Faculty of International Studies, which seeks to enhance the abilities, required by the truly international person in this age of continuous globalization. By doing so Bunkyo University desires to develop and offer society human resources possessed of rich individuality, each capable of exhibiting their own abilities and identity, in this age of intense change.
In order to determine their own standpoint with respect to what problems are faced by human society and set their own goals, each student can take advantage of the varied programs offered by their faculty in the form of lectures, exercises, laboratories, seminars, and vocational training courses to obtain knowledge of both the liberal arts and their special field of study.
Classes which have relatively small numbers of students are enjoyable, guidance is thoughtful and personal, and friends are quickly made.
The unit of learning at Bunkyo University is the small class. With little distance separating student and teacher, a student's questions and uncertainties can be communicated directly, and the teacher is able to give a speedy response. The pleasure of the give and take of knowledge acquisition is the essence of learning. A student's circle of friends can swiftly expand.
Students have their own e-mail address -- The latest developments in computer hardware and software are fully implemented.
Since 1998 Bunkyo University has given every student their own e-mail address as one aspect of the realization of university education in an IT society and also carried out learning and guidance based on IT skills. At the university's Shonan Campus in particular students in the Faculty of Information and Communications and the Faculty of International Studies enjoy use of the latest in IT technology.
Bunkyo University's faculty, which consists of teachers who are highly accomplished, boast extensive personal connections, and have refined teaching skills, broaden students' possibilities.
The faculty of Bunkyo University includes not only researchers from the academic world but also those who have extensive experience in the business world and the universe of creativity. Classes that grab your interest and leave you with a vicarious pleasure in the subject, fulfilling experiences, and a widening circle of personal relationships will broaden your possibilities.
The Eastern Saitama Prefecture University Credit Exchange System
Since April of 2003 Bunkyo University, Dokkyo University, Nippon Institute of Technology and Saitama Prefectural University have each opened selected classes to students of the other universities.
The Student Exchange Program with Meio University
Students in the Faculty of Information and Communications and the Faculty of International Studies can attend classes for credit at Meio University in the exotic academic climate of Okinawa.